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Quotation dates: 1915-1929
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SWILTER, v. Also by-form swiller. Of a liquid: to splash about in a container so as to spill over the brim; also tr. to cause to splash (I.Sc. 1972). [′swɪltər; Ork. ′swʌl-]Ork. 1915 Old-Lore Misc. VIII. i. 42:
Da milk begood tae swilter an' swilter waar an' waar.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Dunno swilter the ale aboot.
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